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These three Gwinnett high schools had highest 2015 graduation rates

The percentage of high school students who graduated in Georgia this year move up to 78.7 percent, which is the fourth straight year of increases. JOHNNY CRAWFORD / JCRAWFORD@AJC.COM
The percentage of high school students who graduated in Georgia this year move up to 78.7 percent, which is the fourth straight year of increases. JOHNNY CRAWFORD / JCRAWFORD@AJC.COM
By Ty Tagami
Nov 9, 2015

The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology posted Gwinnett County’s highest graduation rate with 98.9 percent of it’s seniors earning a diploma this year.

It was followed in 2015 by North Gwinnett High School, at 93.2 percent; and Brookwood High at 92.5, according to numbers just released by the Georgia Department of Education.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution received the numbers Monday morning and will post school-by-school scores as we sift through them. Check in on myajc.com later this morning as we begin to post what we know so far.

It was good news for Georgia generally, as nearly four out of five of the freshmen who started in 2011 graduated last spring. The 78.7 percent graduation rate is 6.2 percentage points higher than the rate for the class of 2014. That is a large increase, considering that the 2014 rate was less than a fraction of a percentage point higher than the year before.

About the Author

Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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